In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talentsâ€â€¦
Dalam bukunya yang fenomenal, A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking dengan tegas mengubah cara berpikir kita tentang fisika, jagat raya, dan tentang realitas. Melalui buku tersebut, Stephen Hawking, yang terkenal sebagai fisikawan teoretis paling cemerlang sejak Einstein, telah membuka pikiran kita untuk menerima gagasan-gagasan ilmiah paling penting dewasa ini tentang kosmos. Sekarang, Step…
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project…
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterio…
Dalam buku ini Hawking membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar seperti: Bagaimana alam semesta bermula—dan apa yang memulainya? Apakah waktu itu, dan apakah ia selalu bergerak maju? Adakah ujung alam semesta, dalam ruang maupun waktu? Adakah dimensi lain dalam alam semesta? Apa yang terjadi ketika alam semesta berakhir? Lewat penulisan yang bisa dimengerti semua orang, A Brief History of Time…
Eric is involved with a big experiment in Switzerland, looking to explore the earliest moment of the universe. But, there is a group of people who don't think this experiment should go ahead and are planning to sabotage the Grand Switch-on. Will they suceed? Whose side is Reeper on this time? And why does he want to speak to Annie and George so desperately?